UMary Allen
Iningi lamaLabradors linesifiso esingenakuvinjelwa sokudla. Ingxenye yesizathu salokhu ukuguqulwa kwezakhi zofuzo okuhlala kuguqulela ukulamba. Lokhu kuyinselelo kubanikazi. Eminye imiklomelo kanye nokuqeqeshwa kokudla kusenesikhathi kungasiza.
Sekuyisikhathi eside kwaziwa emibuthanweni yabanikazi beLabrador: Uma kuziwa ekudleni, izinja zikhipha zonke izitobhi. Lapho efuna izimbangela zalokhu kuthanda ukudla cishe okunganqandeki, u-Eleanor Raffan, uchwepheshe wezilwane ezincane nomcwaningi waseCambridge University eNgilandi, wafaka igolide ezakhini zofuzo. "Ukwehluka kulokho okubizwa nge-POMC gene kuhlotshaniswa nesisindo, ukukhuluphala, kanye nesifiso sokudla kuma-Labradors nama-Flatcoated Retrievers."
Isakhi sofuzo sinesibopho sokwakheka kweprotheyini i-POMC (Proopiomelanocortin), edlala indima kumetabolism yamafutha ezinja nabantu futhi ilawule umbono wendlala nokusutha. “Ngokujwayelekile lokhu kunciphisa isidingo sokudla uma isisindo sesikhulile. Nokho, isakhi sofuzo esishintshile siyawuphazamisa lo mshini,” kuchaza uRaffan. Imicabango yezinja ihlezi izungeza ukudla, njengoba ingezwa umuzwa wokusutha ohlala isikhathi eside. Bacosha yonke into edliwayo njengomshini wokuhlanza onemilenze emine. "Lokho kuchaza ukuthi kungani amaLabradors evame ukukhuluphala kunezinye izinhlobo."
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Lokhu kubalulekile ngoba olunye ucwaningo lwabonisa ukuthi ama-Labrador akhuluphele ngokweqile ayenokuphila okufushane okufika eminyakeni emibili. NgokukaRaffan, uguquko lwenzeka cishe engxenyeni yesine yawo wonke amaLabradors eNgilandi. "Ngakho-ke kungukuhluka kofuzo okuvamile kwaLabradors." Usosayensi wezilwane akazi ukuthi zingaki izilwane ezithintekayo emhlabeni jikelele. Usola uguquko lokuqala ngemvelaphi yezinhlanga. Ngoba alukho olunye uhlobo lwezinja ezingu-38 olwahlolwa, kuhlanganise nezinye ezine ezifuywayo, olwathintekayo. John's water dog yaseNewfoundland yasiza abadobi ukuba bashayele amanetha abo emanzini abandayo. Umsebenzi onzima ongenziwa kuphela ngokudla okukhulu ngokwanele. Ukuminza okukhulu kwakunengqondo kulo msebenzi. Cishe kwaba inkinga kuphela lapho izakhi zofuzo zishayisana nendlela yokuphila yesimanje.
KuThomas Schär, Inhloko Yekhomishini Yokuzalisana e-Swiss Retriever Club RCS, ukuguqulwa kofuzo okunjalo akusafaneleki ngokombono wanamuhla. "Inja ekhuluphele ayingeni nhlobo emfanekisweni womsubathi osezingeni eliphezulu." Njengazo zonke izinhlobo ze-retriever, i-Labrador iyinja yokuzingela. “Isifiso sokujabulisa yiso esimshukumisela ukuba enze umsebenzi awufisayo,” kuchaza uSchär. "I-Labrador, ikakhulukazi, kulula kakhulu ukuyikhuthaza ngokudla."
Ngenxa yokwethembeka, ubuhlakani, kanye nesidingo sokujabulisa, ivame ukusetshenziswa njengenja yosizo. Ikakhulukazi, izilwane ezikhuthazwa kakhulu ukudla zibonakala zikhethwa ngokukhethekile. U-Raffan ukwazile ukuthola ukuguqulwa kwezingxenye ezimbili kwezintathu zazo zonke izinja zokusiza i-Labrador ezihloliwe. Inkemba esika nhlangothi zombili: Isifiso sokudla esinqunywa ngofuzo kwenza izilwane zibe lula ukuziqeqesha - kodwa futhi zithambekele ekukhuluphaleni kakhulu.
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Noma kunjalo, uThomas Schär no-Eleanor Raffen bakubona kungalungile ukubiza lolu hlobo njengoluhahayo. Akuzona kuphela izakhi zofuzo ezinecala kumuntu oyisiminzi. “Ngisho noma amaLabradors ewuhlobo olunogqozi olukhulu lokudla, ngezinye izikhathi kuba khona umehluko omkhulu phakathi kohlobo,” kuvuma uRaffan. Izilwane eziningi - inani elimangalisayo lama-Labradors ansundu - zikhuluphele futhi ziyaminza noma zingashintshile. Njengoba kunezinja ezacile yize zishintshile, kusho umcwaningi. “Ama-Labrador athintekile avele afune ukudla kaningi kunontanga yawo. Uma abanikazi bazo beqaphile, nezinja ngeke zikhuluphale.”
UThomas Schär utusa ukujwayelanisa ukuphakelwa kweminyaka, izidingo, nesisindo esifanele senja kanye nokuqinisekisa ukujima nokusebenza okwanele. “Kodwa-ke, abanikazi bezinja abaningi bayakhohlwa ukuthi kumele bafake nemivuzo enikezwa emsebenzini ibe isilinganiso sokudla sansuku zonke. Ama-kilojoule engeziwe abe esenqwabelana njengamafutha emzimbeni.” Ngenhlanhla, ngokusho kochwepheshe bohlobo, iLabrador ijabule ngendlela efanayo
njengeminye imivuzo. "Amagama okudumisa, ama-pats, noma imidlalo nawo angasetshenziswa kahle."
Ukuze ugweme ukunganeliseki kwemilenze emine ekudleni ngokungalawuleki, uchwepheshe weluleka ukuqeqeshwa kokudla kusenesikhathi. Ikakhulukazi ngeLabrador, noma yikuphi ukuqeqeshwa kulula ngokwemvelo yakhe. “Kungcono uqale ngalokhu usengumdlwane. Okubaluleke kakhulu lapha ukuthi wonke amalungu omndeni asebenzise imiyalo efanayo futhi ayilandele ngokungashintshi.”